The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-09-30
REV. DR.. TAIMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: THE Christian Principles
Involved in Life and Fire
Insurance."


the world ever saw. Pharaoh had a dream thai
distracted him. He thought he stood on the
banks OF the River Nile, and saw coming M
out Of the river seven fat, sleek. glossy cows
and they began 10 browse in the thick grass
Nothing frightful about that But after
them coming out Of the same river, he saw
seven CONS that were quaint and starved. and
the worst looking cows that had ever been
seen in the land, and in the ferocity OF hunger
they devoured their seven fat predecessors
Pharaoh, the King. sent for Joseph to de
cipher these midnight hieroglyphics Joseph
made short work Of IL and ifitimated thu
seven fat cows that came out OF the river
are seven years with plenty to eat, the
seven emaciated cows that followed them
.-Now, said joseph, "Let US take one
fifth Of the corn crop Of the seven
prosperous years and keep it as a provision
for the seven years in which there shall be no
corn CROP The King took the counsel
and appointed Joseph, because Of his integ-
fity and public spiritedness, as the President
Of the undertaking The farmers paid
all the towns and cities of the land there
were branch houses. This great Egyptian
life Insurance company had millions OF dol
lars as assets After awhile the dark DAYS
came and the whole nation would have
staryedi It hal not been for the provision
AHFN III AlAlAl- lNL tie AuAAlE- Dul how
these suffering families had nothing 70 do
bot 20 up and collect the amount OF their
life policies. The Bible puts it in one short
phrase: In all the land OF Egypt there was
bread say this was the first life insurance
company. It was divinely organized 1t
had in It all the advantages Of the whole
life plan Of the 'tontine plan,n OF the re
served endowment plan, and all the other
good plans. We are told that Rev. DR.. An
hate, Of Lincolnshire, England, originated
the lIEi Life insurance company in l6.c. No,
II is Is old As the corn cribs OF Egypt; and
God himself was the author and originator.
II that were not 50 l would not take your
time ard mine in Sabbath discussion Of this
subject ] feel it Is a theme, vital, religious
and Of Infinite import, the morals Of life and
fire insurance.
About ten or twelve years ago there was a
great panic in life insurance which did good
Under the storm the Enthusiastically and boz
gus institutions were scaftere I. while the
genuine were tested and firmly established
and where does the life insurance institution
stand to-day. What amount Of comfort, OF
education. n moral and spiritual advantage
Is represented IN the simple statistic that in
this country the life insurance companies in
one year paid =. COZ, 900 to the families of the
bereft; and in five years they paid S}OO, 0Oj,-
60 to the families Of the beregt: and are
promising to pay-and hold themselves in
lies OF the berefti
They have actually paid out more by dfvi-
bends and death claims than they have ever
received Ia premiums. | know Of what l
speak The life insurance companies Of this
country paid more than s., O01,u0J Of taxes to
the government in five years. SO, instead Of
thee companies being indebted to the land,
the land is indebted to them. To cry out
against life Insurance because here and there
enc company has behaved badly Is as alsunl
a Il would lie for a man to burn down 00
acres Of harvest field In order 10 kill the moles
and potato bugs-as preposterous as a man
who should blow up a crowded steamer in
mid-Atlanfic for the purpose of destroying
the barnaclcs on the bottom Of the hulk.
But what does the Bible say in regard to
this subject If the Bible fayors the institu-
tieu, Will favor il; il the Bible denounces 1t,
] viii denounce IT, In addition to the fore
cast Of joseph in the text, call Your atten-
ton 10 Pauis comparison Here Is one man
who, through neglect, fails TO support his
family while he lives, or after he dies Here
is another mar who ahhOrs the Scriptures
and rejects God. Which Of those men is the
worsei Well, you sly. the latter. Paul says
the former. Paul says that a man who neg
lects % care for his household IS more obnOx-
ious than man who rejects the Scriptures;
He that providefh not for his own, and espe-
ciaily those Of his own household, Is worse
LllAii m -lAleL LIE lu-ufdncc companies
help frost Of US to provide for our families
arr. erlf.s. ilas u have tho tr,,,ar
q u1r M premiums and do not pay them,
ne have no rigkt TO expect mercy at the hand
Of God in the Judgment We are worse
than Tom Paine. worse than Noltaire
and wore than Shaftesbnry. The Bible de
clanss tive are worse than an infidel
After the certificate Of death has been made
out and thirty or sixty days have passed and
The officer of the life insurance. company
comes into the bereft household and pays
down the hard cash on an insurance policy,
that oiiiser Of the company is performing
positively religious rite according TO the
Apostle James. who Says: True religion
and indebted before God and the Father is
this. To visit the fatheries5 and the widow
in thei- affection ard 50 on The religion
Of Chris rrupqses TO take care Of the tenn
poral wants OF the people as well as the spirit
ual When Hezekiah was dying the injunc-
order for thou shalt die and not live
That injunction in cur day would
mean: Make your viii: settle up your
accounts: make things plain, don't de
celve ycur heirs with rolls Of worthless
mining stock. don't deceive them with
deedz for western lands that viii never
yield any crop but chils and fever; don't
lave for them notes that have been out
laWed and second mortgages on property
that vii not pay the first. set thy house
in order That Is, fix up things so your
going cut OF the world may maxi as little
cuasfernafion as possible. See the lean cattle
devouring the fat cattle, and in the time of
plenty prepare FOR the time Of want. The
difficulty IS when men think Of their death,
they are afraid 10 think Of it only in connec-
ton with their spiritual welfare, and not Of
the devastation Ia the household which viii
come because OF their emigration from IL II
j. meanly selfish for you to be 50 absorbed in
the heaven b which you are gong that you
forget what j. 70 become OF your wife and
children after you are dead You can get
out q this word without leaving dollar and
yet die happy Il YOU could not provide for
them. YOU can trust them in the hands Of the
God who owns al the harvests and the herds,
and the fOcss. but il you could pay the
premiums On = policy and neglect them il Is
mean thing for y0l TO 20 up to heaven while
they e. into the poorhouse. You, at death,
move into a mansion, river front, and they
move into two rooms on the fourth story Of
tenement house IN a back street When they
arr out at the elbows and knees, the thought
q your splendid robes in heaven viii not keep
them WARM The minister may preach a
Splendid serrnon over your remains, and the
quartet may sing Ike four angels in q
srean ioft, but your death will be swindle
J 1u lad the means 10 provide for the com
fQri n gour household when you left it and
/ -. Nlcke1liT ue-- leclel II - IN, saTS some
one. Il have more faith than you; believe
sh-n I 20 out Of this world the Lord
vii provide for them Go 70 Black
Ears Island. 70 through all the poorhonses
q the country. and ] viii show you how
1ttcn God provides for the neglected children
q negiectful parents That IS he provides
lor them through public charity As for
nTs.lf ] wGtllc Gather have the Lord provide
Tor my family in priTafr home, and through
ny own industry. and paternai and eouiugal
aifti ulness- But saYs some man: Il meat
n the next ten OF twenty yelrs TO make a
-rssat fortune, and - ! shall leave my family,
Eheu 20 out Of tins word very comfort
Die How do you know you are going TO
ITe ten or twenty years. II we could look
y t1e highway Of tho future. we could see il
TT-s-d by pn-umania- and pleurisies, and
1ns1upu0us. and colliding rail trains, and
-lnawaT horses. and breaking bridges and
uneral provisions Are you 50 certain YOU
IN going - i've ten or twenty years, you can
rnrraur YOUR household any comfort after YOU
p aHaT iron. themi Beside that. the vast
M jorify Of men die poorl Two only out OF
hundred suceeed in business Are
'og very certain you are going
70 D. one II the tEoi Rich one
aT poor the next. A man in New York
ut t2.el0 ool. and the money turned his
'rEin and be died in lunafic Asylum. All
D. prorrrrT vas left with the business firm.
nj they sramrei Il and then the family n I
b. inslne man were left without dollsr.ve i,
Ixdteeu months the prosperity. tn A,+o-
a